HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1898-1-7, Page 2THE 1311USt410L8 POST. JAN, 7, 1898
THE THIRD TIME.
CHAPTER VL-(ContInuale I little bride's teeth chattered as her
• He Caine. The fate that bad struck , tiouptalidivolelnalliod 11171 ,111-s.sred3t1::stmfai:
eciwn George Wildair spared. Vic -1 Inning upon7gs let& Latour
dead man, with a look in his wild eyes 04,1 81(1100, t1 wrapped dign1-
e-tis,rk. and cold.
the Latour, He was there, pale as a, looked. much the sarn
that made pimple recoil in terror; hut. thee gleam, art in a, toga.
M. and Mrs. Latour dined tete a -
there he Was, and the ceremony went
on.
It was over -Amy was a bride. There
A an embracing and congratulating.
Breakfast was eaten; the weddine dress
wee changed for the traveling suit;
the happy pair were in the carriage
and away:
They reached London that evening
and drove to the Grosvenor Hotel. Atut
all through that (lay's Pantry Vetter
Latour's lips had not opened bait a
dozen times. Silent, sullen, moody, mys-
terious, he sat wrapped. in gloom; and
the light of his weirrl blade eyes made
Amy shiver like an aspen leaf. Oh!
what was this that had eome mein hint
on his wedding day? i
"I have something to tell you, Amy.
A. secret to tell you -a terrible secret,
teat you muse swear to keep."
They were alone 111 a spacious cham-
ber, and these were the first. words he
had. spoken to her. His fare looked
livid in the gaslight, his eyes -were blaz-
ing like coals of five.
" Victor 1"
" You must swear, Amyl Never, to
your dying day, must you breathe to
living mortal the secret I shall reveal
el e, by Nurse ( el 07
•er understrappers, Vie briee meanie
Gulled the temptiag viands; lut Mr
eatour rue earl drank with the reliel
efhuegry traveler.
The quiet little village of it. Jude(
e as on the qui vive the following Sun
lay lo see the happy pair at church.
'Ir. 1.010110 had resigned Ids office of
weanist. of Nurse; encl he one hie
'gide walked up the aisle the eyno-
;ere 01160805 01 eyes. Mrs. Latour shone
reeittendent in all the gime of London
nillinery ; her dress was exquisite, her
mantle a miracle, her bonnet, a per-
fect love, hut -St. Jude staree with all
to eyes, What was the matter with
AmY The Christmas snow-drirts were
not whiter nor colder than her far.
Those gay, smiling blue eyes, onve se
sparkling and starry, looked out 01. 11401
ealliti Lew with a fire( look of tuitet•
(erahle fear; she stood before teem
the wan shadpw of the raillaat little
Amy of ten months ago.
She has am aliened," said. Mrs. Ster-
ling., with a momentary thrill of spir-
it, notwithstanding her compassion.
The delusion is over 1 her idol of gold
has turned out potter's clay."
Dr, John looked at the altered face
of (118 7101 he had loved; then at the
dark, impenetrable face of the man
beside her, and his heart hardened.
"He is a greater villain than even
I gave him credit for," he said. "110
begins -the work of breaking her heart
i;".t; nee would have spared him for
to you now. Here is a Bible, lay your
her scif I saW he made her honey;
hand upon it; aria swear." now I will haat him down us I would
The spectral black eyes held. her with a deg,.
their horrible, Irresistible, light. She The numerous friends of Miss Amy
Earle began at once to call upon Mrs.
Latour, Mrs. Latour receigea them in
her spacious parlours, exquisitely dress-
ed ; ane Mr. Latour was there to assist
her. Call when they might, the ladies
of St. Jude could never find her alone.
Near her, bending over her chair, the
dark, hen:borne face, and fathomless
black eyes of Victor Latour shone,
freezing et-ery attempt at confidential
conversation. He waS scrupulously po-
lite, but these ladies went away with
no courteous request to repeat their
calls. And Amy sat like a white aut-
could no more have refused than she
could have fallen at his feet and died.
She laid her .hani upon the sacred vol-
ume, and repeated after him a terrible
oath or secrecy.
" An.e. now listen to the seeret ol my
life."
There was a secret, then. Even in
this supreme moment the old leaven
of romance thrilled Amy with a little
tremor of romantic delight. She sat
down at his feet marl listened to the onlatone and talkerl in monosyllables;
she, who hail been the mese ineeter-
few slowly-sroken wards that he ut- ate of chatter -boxes, now looked um
terve. at her husband with the wild, wide eyes
of a frightened child.
Mrs. Sterling and her son were am-
ong Mrs. Latour' callers. The lady
was too strong mindee and too fond
of her charge to be frightened away by
the bridegroonge black looks.
"I'll go there now, and I'll go again
and again, ene still again," sire seid
grimly, "I don't think Mr. Victor La-
tour will open the door and order me
mit, and nothing less shall affront nae.
I'm not going to give up my poor lit-
tle girl altogether, to he eaten alive
by this black-eyed ghoul,"
The pale face and scared blue eyes
of the little bride lit eagerly up, for the
first Urea, at sight of her old friends.
She sprang up to meet there with a
low cry, but a hand fell lightly on her
shoalder from behind. Its touch was
tight as down, but a maileel grasp could
not have checked her quicker.
Tea enlieutes later, Mr. Latour left
the room, hurriedly, ringing the bell
as he left. He met a chambermaid on
the landing. hastening to answer the
summons.
" My wife is 111," he said. "You had
better try cold water and sal volatile;
I am afraid she is going to faint."
He hurried away. The girl looked
after him aghast; then opened the
chamber door, and entered. And
there, in a white heap on the carpet,
lay the bride in a. swoon.
CHAPTER VII.
The waving trees around Blackwood
Orange were arrayed. in the sere and
yelloev leaf long before Mr. and Mrs.
Latour returned frOM their bridal tour,
The eerill winds of October had blown
themselves bleakly out in the green
glades and leafy arcades around that
stately mansion; and the ides of No-
•yember had come when the happy pair
returned home. •
During the two months of her ab-
sence, air. Latour, for the first time in
her life, proved herself a bad corres-
pondent. She had written bat one let-
ter and. that of the briefest and brus-
quest to Mrs. Sterling. It was a po-
lite notice to quit.
"Dear Mrs. Sterling," the bride
rerote, "my husband thinks newly mar-
ried people are always better entirely
by themselves. I shalt regret your loss
hut of 'course it mum- ae lie says.
Nurse Carry is quite competent; tell
her to take therge, and have every-
thing prepared for our arrival. We
shall return by the middle of Novem-
ber."
Mrs. Sterling smiled bitterly over
this effusion.
" You might have geared yourself the
trouble of ordering me out, Mr, Victor
Detour, if that be your name. I would
not have .dwelt under the same roof
with you for e, kingdom. Oh, my poor
little Amy I You are the veriest pup-
pet that ever danced helplessly in ite
matte's hand."
Mrs. Sterling departed to St. Jude's
end took up her abode in' the bachelor
apartments of her son. There varne 110
naore letters, and Amy had always been
eddieted to note scribbling.
"
13u1 what van you expecte" said
Mrs. Sterling, with a bitter laugh,
"wrapped as she ie 111 post -nuptial
Wee? The Scheme of the universe holds
but Mr. Victor Latour just at pre -
sane. It is to be hoped the Illusion will
have worn off before her return."
"It is to he hoped the illusion will
never wear off," said Sohn Sterling,
grevolY, "if the illusion makes her
happier. Don% be so bitter, mother;
the poor little girl will prry dearly en-
ough for her folly, T dare say. Heaven
knows I wish I could save her."
His mother looked at him almost con-
temptuously.
"I don't believe you ever loved her,
John Sterling."
"That is your mistake, my good
Mother. I love Amy eo well, that, if
I could see her happy, with the hus-
band of her choice, 1 Abair] be almost
happy zeryselt, You love her, mother,
and so clo L but in a differene way, 1.
thirdz,"
The Novernber day thief; brought the
bridat pair came swiftly round. The
house was all in order; fires learned in
every room; the dinner enble was
epread and the serveets in gala et -
tire, were waiting to weirolete their
Young reieeress home,
The short November Afton:Ma wa4
darkening down into a cold, raw twi-
light When the marriage mum rat tiling
rep thenvenee. It, had been a dull (lay,
thretalening snow ; a few flekos had
flueleired (low throgeth the Opaque air,
end the wading win]. was des,la,tion
Itself. In tho cold, bleak gloaming the
"My dear Amy," the soft voice ot
Victour Latour murmured;" pray don't
excite yourself; be calm! You an glad
to see Mrs. Sterling, no doubt. Tell her
so by all means; but don't make a
scene."
The black eyes looked clown into tee
blue eyes, and the bride cowered before
the bridegroom, as a, whipped hound
before its master. She held out her
hand to her old friends, with a few
very coldly -murmured words of greet-
ing;
The interview was short Ina emin-
ently unsatisfactory. Strong-minded as
Mrs. Sterling was, conversation was
inapoesible with that frigid fare, tine
those weird dark eyes, staring her out
of rountendnee behind Amy's chair.
"I shall reel and see you again, Amy,"
she said, pointedly, as she arose to go,
" when the honey moon ends, and there
is a prospect of my being able to see
you alone."
Amy looken at her with a startled
fare, but Mr. Latour answered for her
with a short, mocking laugh,
"3'ell yottr kind old friend, Amy, that
oar honeymoon bits nol yet comme,nced.
As to seeing you alone, tell her you
have no aperets from your busbane, nor
he from you, and that he really rennet
seearate himself long enough from his
charming bride, even for a confielential
gossip with ISIrs. Sterling."
eire bowed her leanly out, as he
spoke; and, nonaerful to relate, Mrs.
Sterling went without a word, She
looked up into his face defiantly, hut
the black eyes had Milt lierS With SO
el:range a light in their sinister deaths
that slut absoletely quailed before it.
"Ile looked like a demon 1" she burst
out to ber son. "The light of those
fierce blank eyes was absolutely hor-
rible. Good Heavens! 0 don't believe
the wreteli le human I"
" He is a bad man," anw.vered Dr.
Sterling, "and a mysterious man.
There are riark anti rleaelly secrete in
his life, I ern sure. There is a look in
his faee that repels nee with absolute
horroe at times. I have doubtea—"
Lhen he paused.
"Doubted what?"
"It is a terrible eusfeeion, mother;
hut I have doubted whether Victor
Latour is really sane. There is a wild.
unnatural light in I•hmer great Meek
eyes of hie, on oreasions, that never
shine in the eyee of 11. sane man."
"There appee,re to Le method in his
Madness, ne all events," retorted his
•mother, "Ile woe eerie enomeh to se -
(lure for himself the little heiress."
"The subtle Penning of particle insan-
ity is a very good eubseitute fer sane
manel worldly wire -lone But it is are -
8011107 eubjeet, inother-let tie drop it..
Poor little Atny I"
" Peer Ilbibe. emy, indeed! You may
thank yourself for it. The game Was
101 your own hands before this man
earns along. She might have !wen your
wife now, instead of Vineer Latouree,
if you liked,"
Dr, Sterling made no reply. His face
wore a look of rain, telMost remorse.
Poor litIlo Arayl ?row unletimy she look-
ed! And he bad 1 ovea bee, ancl, might
have Intidle her hie heppy wife.
There WAS 40 round 0( 1110061' ;caritas
given in honour of the bridal pair and
Dr. Sterling and his mother ono* met
Mr, and Mre. Lame in. re -Hely -Mr
1,111(111' ale aye Mirk. eel 1, politely lei
?Id, int; 0001 rutile, 114 if tint Irene -
gime fats, of his were an iron mask ;
anti Mrs. .0( 1)01.' (1.18) 07(1 th6 saute 018,
red, ellen; Mut tow. And lake oe1011
((461" was grand 101(7 at Ilheiliwoo
'Irarige, to wind u these entertain
ments-a very superb (Wail', behold ;
and, after cat, satiety raw Rile of
the newly marriea ample. Further in
11 11(1008 they decline I -Mrs. Latourei
100', ligaetz r otomelit1B,treelu.led. he
so
i•eeeellit value with bigh 801 0418 awl
'mow, and Amy ceased to appear even
Mrs. Sterling grew serious
l
it,echurch. r
. Latour met her In the hall, and
1)' uneasy, and roie over to Blackwood
told her his wife was suffering from
a elcronie headache, arid could see no
one; and absolutely froze the blood in
her veins with the glare of his Week
eyes -and, cowed anti conquered, Mrs,
Sterling left, to call no more.
Chrieinuts came, and the New Year
came, with their festivities. It wail
Christmas eve, and Mrs. Sterling; sat
alone in her little parlor, waiting for
her sou. Outside the son fell thick an 1
fast ,and the winter win I wailed, In-
side, firelight anil lamplight and a
bright. little sapper table,made a
efolTruing picture of home -like cone -
The door bell rang. "Sohn at last,"
said Mrs. Sterling, arid rising, she open-
ed the door.
But it was not Sohn, Alittle figure,
muffled up froui the storne, glitled in.
It threw back the hood of its cloak, an.1
Mrs Sterling dropped into a chair. With
a shriek,
" Amy I"
" Yes, Amy; but so unlike herself,
so like a spirit, that for an instant the
mat ron recoiled.
" Have 1 frigMened you?" said the
sweet. voice, "Von did not expect 0,
visit from me, did you? But it is so
log, oh 1 so 10(17, 511106 1 saw you, that
I mild not resist the temetation."
"Ad Mr, Latour ?" Mrs. Sterling
gasped, "where is he ?"
" Gone to meet the enfeeble at the
Citadel; I mean to dine at Ma'or Mal-
loy's; and I took advantage of his ab-
senve and stole out. I have but a mo-
nt ttphisstavyistit1,,don't wish him to dos -
Cover He Veers the tyrant well I"
said Mrs. Sterling, bitterly. "And
you the submissive slave. Oh,
Amy Earle pluck up a lit-
tle spirit -defy him 1 Don't let him
trample yote under his feet."
Amy covered her fere with troth
hivaeniyes., and burst out crying commis-
-1'm don't know! You don't
know! Awl I dare not tell you! Olt,
Mrs. Sterling, 1 wish I were deadl"
"Amy, tor Heaven's, sake, tell 11151 -
What is the secret of this man's row. door, cried oat, "Get up, massa; the
er over you? Sometaing more than Angel Gabriel wilt have done blown his
it wife's fear of a mewl humhande Tell trumpet it you ain't leg soon." }iow-
11 is not too late to nye you ever, he sssured them that there
yet.", 1 WaS 110 mime for immediate alarm, and
'Too late! ton late! too late la the world was left unharmed that
time.
Probably no display of falling' stars
has ever atera•cted greater attention
teem teat width took piece in 1866. At
times the whole heavens seemed
ablaze with stars, and I have heard
one who witneseert the seower deserite
the meteors as "great balls of fire
falling from the sky."
N leARLY MADE l're i 0 UR NEY.
11.1 present the great mother shoal
of the !moulds has already aceomplieh-
ed its long journey, and the year 1899
will again bring it to th.e earth's
Wrack. The Shoat is of such enormous
length that it will takce More than a
year for the mighty procession to pass
beyond the earth's track, so that in
1909 another laelliant meteoric shower
may lei considered. probable. In the
case of the Leonids, the meteor swarms
follow the comet, Temple's comet of
THINGS PEOPLE SAY. 1800, with weigh they are associated,
11-
e
Perhaps nothtng else in society as- sisNeellifileis insiewirroliretliiieceetiacetsthlei'acrotitert
tonieheone se much as the things peo-
warm. Prolably on this fact Prof
ple say. Not the clever speeches or Falb founds his sinister predieeicin:
cruel speeches, not the complimentary Even so, the chalices are slight of
remarks or Improper remerks, astern- the earth actually uolliding with the
tiELYSTIAL
COFESSOR FALB !"AYS 'ME WORLD
WILL END IN 1899.
Liways Presiding Thal 111,8 gig comet
setertett tee earth - Ma:lees nee About
One ai 01,tenn 31 I I I lens - Fernier Ap-
pearances,
Professor ladle of Vienna, announcee
that on Nov. 1.3111, 1999; a venni; will
grike the earth, and that tbe end of
the world is to be the result. Mean -
elate he Is probably making caleula-
Lions to ascertain lebether the violence
of the shock will reduc.e our planet; to
duse, or whether it will be enveloped
in an atmosphere oC poisonous gas,
which will kill all living beings. For-
tunately erience reaseures us as tomer
poseible fate, the ehrinces being ergs
in fifteen millions that the' earth will
be destroyed. by colliding with a comet.
It has also taught us to look forward
to the night of November lath, 1899,
as the date of a regularly ocenrring
event eVery thirty-three years. On
this night the earth will eneounter
myriads of meteoric particles traveling
along the same path a$ Temple's comet
of 1866, and the two are probably close-
ly assoeiated. We shall be undoubtedly
treated to a grand display of celestial
fireworks, and the history a their ap-
pearance in 1/333 and 1860 has prepared
us for the glorious spectacle, we may
look forward to in 1899.
FORD/ER APPEARANCES.
At their former appearance the un-
cultured, fur from beholding the sight
(tit() admiration, considered it a fear-
ful portent, heralding the end, of the
world. This fear led to raany quaint
scenes and sayings on the eventful
night of Nov. 13111, 1833. Willie. travel-
ing through South Carolina, in 1884,
iny father, Richard A. Proctor, met
some of the plantaLion owners, who
told him that they hate some aclo in
eontroling the excitement among
their slaves 011 thiS night. Hundreds of
them cried for merey, praying that
the end et the world might be put off
a little longer. .A. Southernee whose
slims were overeeme with terror at
1.8 threatened end of the world, rush-
ed to the house, and, knocking air the
cried Amy, wrieging her hands. "I
have sworn, and dare not break my
oath. His wife? I am no wife! Ohl
what. arn sayingl must go, Dere.
Sterling. I shall betray myself. I
have seen you for a moment -that
is all I wanted. Goodebyl Good-
in'!"
'She ruehed, from. the room like one
insane. Mrs. Sterling followed in a
panic. of fright.
" Amyl amyl felt Heaven's sake,
come back! You will perish in the
storm!"
But there was no rerev. Tee little
fleure tad fluttered away int.() tee
chill blast, and there was netbine to
Ire seen but the black night nee the
eeaseless snow that was falling, fall-
ing.
To be Continued.
ish us, but the tactless speeches, the "AL the instance of the Geverument
speeches that have no excuse for be- the French Academy of Science age-
ing, never cease to impress us by their fully estimated the chalices of colas -
frequency and by their -let us hope ion between Lhe earth ante these cel-
estial wanderers through some. In
-eunintentional rudeness, I 1932 some of the people of Paris were
"What a dear little fellow that 181" 1 almost frantic with exeiterne»t in con_ I was eld enough ea choose for myself. '
1 But Hie stertin. lbws becarn. ing almost ! of the foreigner, whom We are Su aid;
said a caller to D. =thee of a three- . sequence ef the announcement that a "Slit has a great deal re' curiosity." ' mere than she ce ild bear , she :dumb- to despise. There is not the least,
year-old, i eke& Willie Wiehingeon. "Yes," led, and a cry of terror broke from eetea, thee em gee, emer,„ sh,,,,,,,
I cornet was about to destroyi the earth, remit.
"'He is a great comfort le us," re_ art time and time agate, the danger replied. Nlies Cayenne ; "it i.8 801110- ' her lips. The Potish soldiers glaneed: 1".;eili,ir,veee. -cenee.Teet.eje;.e,e--0-11--ehe ‘teneek•n• 'le
o a, comet's collision with tile earth thang extraordinary. She even opens from one to another, and then, moved'. the leans of our etre Deparlauent after
plied the mother, stroking the child's e '
uts been seriously considered, The some of the fa•ney-eovered magazines by a, chivalrous impulse, they lowered!
ee sea what Is Insole I" sabre and • , "Do , 24radercf.1(11z170. ClVilt'ag ectTclid 1..(1)(11111I 1:
"What we purpose to do away eethe, 1 cord u, huhdred voices called out,
we will; held office, and thee what was, how -
aid the reformer, me the praence ae ' not be afreid, little one 1 .
• ever, already the model brigade of the
allowing corporations to get valuable not hurt you."
world in the seventies, certainly no
A d. the Spanish maiden passed with
franchises itur 'notching." "1: nein% her 7r01580018 harden bowie" e dotage longer holds that, 1.0111100.aition. Other na-
Would. call him pretty. But ef you 1 This /temto ente little more than a know they ever did,' said the civic
imagine how he will luok when those , wee peseg„eley, elemie a eeitielegg statesman in astonishmeline et her country's foes, who made a times )(lamed from. us at that time
astonishment. lino
silent selute as she crossed. their bean- 101111adopted our 0111110110, impeoved
golden curls are cut off, you will see take 4)1(1404 evil restits mighb or might, Humer-"When the two trOlinS 001. dories and returned to her desolate and developed them, ',Odle we have
pr a c Meetly Stood. still in everything
fefe chimer • nut follow, "le the nueleus immune tided a meet comical thing bappemed. home.
that he will be a very p
• tamed was in mass awl solidity equal 'MISS ,Temes' wig flaw in one direetion exeepting namotiall rairengelet And
Said another woman to an trequain- to thee of Donates meet, as estimat- a•nel her teeth iin. another." Willieene even in numerical strength it repine
tame: "Mrs. A--, I hope you will ed by M. Tam end Prof. Pierce, its -"Did she gel; negry?" Humor-
eterioue that to -day, in 1997, we have
et will eartathly Verne together. Such
encountees will, bowever, be very
rare."
Nothing which Is known abed, cum -
oats in general, or about Temple's com-
et in particular, suggests the slight-
est (tenger Co the 50)011 (4781410, Omagh
everything leads Us to inferthee the
einnee's career as an Ind (menden 1; body
will before very long moist foam 55101.
It 00 meet ever wart a dangernue
one, oe Lig to the concentration of Its
meteoric eoraponents,11 is not HO now,
lf ili reeky hair latent (wee chatted in
Its (wren., It. 16 (88111(151 such in t
tion (ran rake place, without (wining
es, and therefore the final throes a
the comet need not trouble us in the
least, At each succeesive return to the
neighborhood of the aolar mystent it
is shorn of pare of its splendor, and
the and of its career; whether far off
or near al; hand, will in all probability
take place in such a way( that threes -
trial astronomers will never know of
the event. However, there are al-
wnys people ready to circulate dismal
reports, and assert that the time
is drawing near when Prosperoarpre-
dietion is to be ft -Wiled, ebat-
The great globe itself,
Yes, all which it inherit, shall dis-
solve,:
And like this unsalistantial pageant
faded/
Leave not a rack behind.
FLASHES 011"
How Ile Filled i,t Hi4 Time.-111agls-
trate-"What do you do during the
week?" Tramp -"Nothing." Magie-
trete-"Anet on Sunday?" Tramp -
"Then 7 take e day off."
He, looking out at ehei evindow-"It's
eo bright wad ch•eterful. within and so
cold and gloomy without." Slie-
" Without. 18)1401 1" He -"Why, with-
out you, dearest."
"I hear," said. the zephyr, "that yo11
hams beea raging through the north-
west." "Never was a, worse mistake,"
howled 'ehe blizzarcee "0 was quite
cool."
YOUNG! FOLKS.
DOROTHY SI PA R'rY,
Little Derethy D, gave a party orut
day;
'Would yun like 10 knOW who 811104 (11
vited
When T telt you eheir minim 0 ma
Mire yuu will Say
They are friende who 'Omuta never
be alighted.
The first guest to arrive Wait AliDe
Ought to Obey.
She had wielkeel hand in hand with
Miss Cheerful,
Bright Miss Happy eame skipping
along the way.
.Passing in the Area pour Miss
Tearful.
Miss Polite and Mies Kind came in one
large group;
Dear Miss Gentle wits wailing to meet
them;
And Miss Thankful -tette suineidnies
forgets what to say -
With the sweeten; of smiles went to
greet them.
Close at Dorothy'e skle Iwo dear
friends ever stay -
Calm Miss TrvittifUl, whom nothing
enefeees,
And that sweet little peaeemaker Love,
who each day
Takes the pain out of somebody's
bruises.
011, so merry they were I Dorothy of-
ten declared,
Even though she should live Lo be
forty,
If with these lovely triende every day
could be shared,
She felt sure she could never be
naughty.
A 1,11T1,11 HEROINE.
.Baron Lejettne, who played a con-
spicuous part at the siege oe Saragossa
during the Peninsular War, narrates
in his "Meraoires" a singular story at
that terrible time, a story that speaks
Husband--"alaria, teake up quick 1 equally well for the chivalry of the sol -
The house is on. fire, You save the diers of lenitive anti tor the cOUrti.g0 of
baby I" Wife- Oh, my wheel, me'
wheel!" Hueband-"Ourne on. I car -
reed, that out first."
a Spanieh girl.
There hied been fearful carnage with -
c
gere'77:1
PLAiN WORDS ON LONDON FIRE,
r581; ,B111101111 '11111 14 1'11(1114041114
1`1411 IV, 111010 1 110 00, Onpuettnem4
mithreek tiommeneel, (11,0(41,(11,0(41, one
&Hoek irt 585511110558,1 )(i Wells streete
the (111111 ealls remittal the fire In•i-
/rade, cool 85'5(15'91(11ended ter in the ere
diatiry wily, kit ',Troll, any coneider-
able number 1,]firemen meld attend
the fire had spreita rapidly, end by the
time alma threw hundred men of Gm
t repel' len '3 ('1' Brigade. With
ve fo
fisteam eire engine, end the whole
of the Salvage', Corpe bad got to work
its extent had already involved severe
al streets, he first workers 18 arrive
barring been beaten bac& by the flames,
Hoye ,Engineering, Ter was, in feet, not
until the whole oe the above fat:relied
been also driven letek, nod vie last had
the benefit of 55(5(3118 0110117 3,1(1017 681(0,
50016 open species, and the shifting or
the :Weill; breeze thet was blowing,
(.batt the extent of the conflagration
could be stopped. e'lle 'extent of. the
damage is tereely described. by the in-
surance surveyor as "fifty-six build.
ings absolutely gone, fifteen build-
ings burned out, twenty buildings dam-
aged, rind four, huildi»gs seorelied." 10
18 interesting 18, note Hat there WaS
no high Wind, at the Cline of the fire,
otherwise the loss would lhaVe been 001"'
18 11 far greater one. Further,
that the, first call to the fire apparent-
ly name by telephone; that there aro
several (ire etrieloue in close proxim-
ity to the, scene ofb the fire, but that
the progress of the engines was much
hampered by the congested elate of the
traffic, The reedit throughout the
scene of elle conflagration were of
THE NARROWEST KIND
common to the oily, a large (10011.01'of. the. buildings bad common areas or
courts, aud though the structures wore
in many caws by no•ntanns old ones,
How it May Be.-"Peciple ere not in the walls 181t the unfortunate ity ;
alike, an,d, what suits one 1..1a7
nee even the converts and monasteries were ,
little or nothing bad been done In them
please (wailer." "I guess 1)11815 right. reeking with et Weems of warfare, and '11 Prevent the Spread. 01 tire. There
have been the usual nomplaints as to
What is one. man's Merle. in another the inhabitants et Saragossa. 898)10 in
manes juggernaut." a. desperate plight. the dearth ofwater at the early:3111mm
hit -et Mother -"Don't you find it A band of Polish soldiers, belonging of the fire, a dearth of cattle for the
great relief to have the childrert hi to the French army, heel heen statamed fire engines, the, diffieulty in (meting
school age in?" Second Mother-" Well
on 71111041 04 a certain POiUt., With Ord- off the gas; but these eoutelaints cart
it would be if they didn't learn SO many
new questions to ask." ers to fire upon any Spaniard. who uow 18 taken' an a matter of course,
.lean -"Why do yo01 never speak to mighe pass them. Suddenly a girl of at ever' large London ?Ire. On the
Mr, OuLre? He is uneouthe but I feel about fifteen years of age appeared other head, expert* Mom accorded the
among them. A cry of warning was Salvage Corps a considerable amount
Sure he is a diamond in the rough."
Katherene-"So do I. '.1113eVit why m I
cutting him." • .---1 heard. ore every side as she approached, of praise 101. the litieinemslike manner
but; the child seemed not to hear. She in whiith their, 1001(1 WM done, while
Dirs. Jonea-"I wonder what it is , the same experts certainly did riot
tbat makes baby so wakeful ?"
.,. mi.. 1 Only 00nHnUed. 1,:0 Utter one eeilseleas
, apparently 500 007151107 like good toe -
and Piercing wall, "Mia Madre] mla tics in the handling of t•he fire brigade,
;Tones saviegely -"Why, it's hereditary,
of course 1-tbis ie whet oonees of your mach:el" as she hurried from one group
1
sitting op nights welting fur me!" of dead and wounded Spaniarcle to an -
Good. Erienel-"I have eeason to sets- ether, .
peet that your husband is flirting with i It soon became evident that she was
other wOnleal- You ought to follow 1 .
In seam o the trot y o al mo er,
h f 1 f h • th
eim wherever he goes." "Great heave .
ens! arty husband is a postman.. 1 and the' pale, agonized face of the child
'1118 WieePreprieLor-Guest in cheep whose filial love.hael made her almost
ed.etaurant-"Ilere, limiter 1 this meal insensible to clanger, Waited Lhe sole
. .
eSeepting, 1)0r11114)S, 0.1,1, regards a. eerily
on the lee elite, Itie was ttertueuly
well managed.
Tho.se who attended 1 he fire and have
afterward examined the ruins, feta
only tell the same tale, The lessons
i
that we seem. to 1(11(511' hat very lit Ile
about fire protege ion in London, end
that tsooner. we take itii the ntere
ter the he hettee for all elineerited, more
is simply vile. 0 Wont. pay for Iti i &ors hearts with pity. if we remember 1110
Where's the proprietor ?" Waiter- 1 A moment later a despairing ery an- PartInntarlY
. rates tit V, Moll ette metropolis le grow -
"He's out at lunch, sir." i nounced that she had found that for
mitrl.veerVeigtghlaets---"The true facts of the, which elle mod risked her life. Tele inert in exeent., the greater euelliness
e Kr,. wegge„, ate! Polisb guards watched her movements 0 • i lc., and Heel. , old en is.
C MU sir let,11 • ist •
e!bh something like ewe as she stooed Wn re not only too far le((1,) MI-
twi.upti,g-.joshut,am yeaeye,.a-tenderly veipped tbe mutilapted ex (-e01(1111e8
1 in latrine 1..preventi e• 01(01-
1(0,005' any facts that weren't true?" form of the dead 10001111to a cloakand sures, (0 ore (44111IA also wt
Aad she newer heard the rest of that., began to drag it away. Suddenly t he : ahead et other modortily ite tit 1 ped ell les
story..
How He Love.c1 Theme -Mrs. Merry eridge-box that lay in her path, with feg, perhaps, in the (11171'1555(l'und bell-
! girl. paused and seized. a heavy care! 11-4 regards fire 0\1 1111Z014111111% 0N00/ 11
.-.."1 IleVer saw a boy ea fond oe pees an creergy that seemed almost super- i egte of our firemen, our Immo le411 ;Ind
ae Bobby is." Mrs, 'Wellace-"Real- natarctl. Fier frail, &Heath form : i
Le?" Mrs. Merry -"Yes; he's ween swayed and &triggered beneath the ee cme 0071065, i.1, „li.„nlinegg, R.na
'Ir.v.ngi 011 r 1111111 fir' et 15 1 tens, some
ot,iv,t1;10 clat koint.ttruehs.,,and. two pups in the last weight; of her burden, but she did not erigetnee, of 1 , . . .
, 01.1.1. 11•10,4O014:, anu 1 ell
Kate- 1 mi t 0 • I" ., ige. i . -
lionst of being able. to play to Idte ga l-
ong sake."
He talks of going to the Klondike for
Buoixiow....„Well, oat Ora aS they perceived that there, before I lera hotter thnn ninny of their trot-
., it besAitatit,
el:ill of mingled horror and ad- 1 r n • to. I I( 1 1,.at ( c ..1 n s (so
"Ile seems extretnele 'devotee. rairallon filled the .astonished watch- I
their verytr
foxes, she was taking from 1 leegeles elsewhere. As revards or
w -
ould. give you two chanties. He might thm i
theman nsument for future ven. ganiaLion, general meneeniment, ane
(some back with a fortune or he might geance upon therm , appliances, entities, and, what le po.r.
nue come husk at all," I The inhabitants or the beseiged city
crutt-Naomi_oriois v, mean, manit_ I were almost destitute of ammunition,
ing thing 1,, sLetu_..whyr Naomi_ and the motherless daughter sought to
"1 Lold. him I didn't know whether to put into tbe hands of het countrymen
go to the (mere ex the play, and he mid a means by wb.i.eli her wrongs might
bo in 500141el we 11.061 17011.
haps meet venom; the principles on
which our fire servitie is based, e are
not only worse than many other cities.
but; antually
THE f,A.0101 I INC STOCE:
long curls, great French astronomer, Arago, es-
" Yes, I should Llenk sot He la not timated that 1111.1 (51 281,0110,00e chances
there was only one eingle chance for
Pratte, is he? IIis hair Is so beauti-
ul now, Una at the iirst glance one 1 a e°11i'Si°11'
f
A. BARE POSSIBILITY.
KILLED BY HEAT.
Sures
g 187e, °Motility recommended that 9$0
luxe than the Ilounce un the gown hardest rocks. If the cornet were cone- woman, „„he peeme up a photograph,
at that Lime, and
In view of the aeseruetive effect of men were necessary
that you wore- to the Assemble hall ' period of small meteoric pn,rtieles the "No, indeed," replied the other with en- whet 11/113 liven the inereaue of area
hest week, I sped to my Iiffeis go novelist; hers a sunlight, esoecially of the blue to the
rind value in twenty-five years? We
eueeareg al_ result would 1.5.1 11 [ail I i.0.11L shower, ex- Measles=
Lerwards that if ,air. A.-- should °ending 84111 61°5Ve18 " w° 1(1(110 8(1031 stery writer. 'You ran understand ultra -violet. rays, upoa bacteria in win -
are nfrail, too, that, ea With the eaSe
and enjoy everything lee does," ter, Pref. II, Marshall Ward would ex- of the artily, we dislike Le hearhien
33111-"Whereve you. been,?" .1111- plain the cromparalave freedom of elver truths about our.Fire, Department! and
"Down, to the doctor's." ' "Pll bet he when We wont, ti, remedy we attempt
to tinker instand of introdueing a there
go to conlettli; 141A1 I went to collect
told you to go eolith." "No, I didn't waters under the blazing hot summer
sun from baeteria, as against •the more 00_11 r
g re Dm. We are even under the
e bill." "Oh, well, in elute ease, 11 welt abundtine infection of the mine waters iinpreseion that it Wil 1 be the po( o
i' l)' f
gee'
probribly not the eolith where he told in winter. PC1111,11U 11 rend Miguel found,' the department nOti, to ask • f C:11il,,17
you to .
additiOn to ita strigingth, beeneuie,. 04
thee the gerros floating in the air are, 1
"I am •told," renuerteed Mess Cayenne, e Lemedthe au -1 i mum, there are a "great many inter -
for the mos I. , per , clue(1 - t ,
"that you salet. some very clever thinge I este, personel, petit tent, end other-
01i. rarity Myers ar Bedevil' In
01513' 10001 one 1.11110110.11d 111011, 801110
pardon me for saying that I Walk I ' Impact with the earth would develop "Angry! Why she flew all to pieces."
Sir .Myre Massey Shaw, as far 1 fink as
never saw a, more beautiful piece of heat enough to melt and, vaporize bile "Is he a novelist?" asked. one younS stainer 'Mine.
tigra in fail 101111 lose everything as
he has done once or twice already,
you could sell thee lune and aa,sily
get a big price for ile"
'the same woman while making a
visit of several weeks seel to her hos-
tese as the time of her departure drew
near: "1 always think that the
thiag &rout making te vieit ie the re-
turn to one's own home. One's fam-
ily are always so glad to see one and
there is always great luxury to me in
getting lath to my own house, where
I can do what I please, say what I
please, and order whatever I want
to eat,"
A friend explains speeehes of this
kind by the theory that in some era -
n, tune there le depression whore a
bump of tactfulness ought to be. How-
ever that may be, a certain kind of
tart may ler oultivated, It is the beet
kind, for it le the exemplification of
the doctrine that
Politeness is to do and say
'rhe leeriest, things in the kindeee way
ile teems tacit or politeness isoE tho
kind thee considers other people, time
fea,rs to w(und, that strives to soothe,
(het is settles% will not readily say
the "thing's that would bettor hove
been left unsaid," They will be Ille-
poseible to hint
"Marriage," said, the &Mime Lel
iire "Is a, lotter,e," "Bat the trouble
la," sell the Peseimistie Bachelor, "thret
the man lakes MOst of tee 61160008."
Only in degree, el, ere the colliding
berly 0 hydrogen (melee of sufficient,
sew to encampass the entire glo)e, ill
might so mingle with the oxygen of
oar atmosphere as Lo formsueb an ex-
plosive compound that the lighting of
O single matith would produce a mighty
flame which in an instant would con-
sume every living thing on the sure
tape of the earth, Stilt fureher, fence.
water is the reetelt of, burning hydro-
gen gum in oxygen, this same fleece
and terrible flame would be speedily
followed try a leighey deluge of water
enveloping the entire surface et our
planet, 0( 1(10 hardy ea the comet were
not of hn inflammehte hatare, lint
composed of noxione gasere it; • would
poison our atmosphere, render Rs 1111 -
fie for respiration, and theeelne entail
the most serious consequences. Wore
it an fano:doter gaseous body, owing
Lo te ex theme lightness, it would float;
in or upon oar atmosphere tt$ do the
clouds, without rebelling the surface
Of our globe. But the actual risk of
the de•struelion of the earth by ce comet
Le very small indeed." ,
COMETS IN GENERAL,
Profeesor Young aebnies that the
event of the ordlesion of the weeth with
rennet is possible, "rn faol;, if the
earth larder tang enough ie is prac.
Meetly eure ,to happen; Coe there are
aeveral cremes' orlets whiell
nearer to the earth'm orbit than the
send -diameter of the 00171005 head,
and at some time the earth and eciMe
lest evonieg." "Yee," repliea 1.her 1101 1155 sun. Yeasts which , ix, consider frame:lei clefiertmen
Wieeingtorit "it is very disecuraging,." normally vegetate on the exterior of point or view, quite Lanett front the
which everybeely is talking about tt,"
miliatak°," "la °I° "Lunnni- 1(imdik6r, the ingrees of. etinlight hinders acetict ! who (541'‘'
as he mewled. from the box ear, "Mimi t
SAFht Ina'nrell°n•-"Tne-rP• .14 smn(1 intenso, and Guintil hart obeerved that rt
rigetaing grapee are destroyed, accord:I Onestion or prbviding Lonnon %vim, a
lag to lidartlemid, if the heat be very
fermentation. When th, typenee 113,0_,1 yet be fade to, appresiate:what fire /*o-
ft= °IlitCV ell Cho misforeourn 61;ourl8otev,seozn,,ransery
London.
"Wile L its?" "The surprIsetenianner tu
v efficket fit serviee, We
tiTa Salm:inn.° nnantin't S°I•d• 410!(kn" illus thee turbid, dirty water: 1""4 f"L"i V
Ae to there being an amount of falai- 1,0050,0u le nee, „, „e„be I ate, It would lev anemometer or biro te ot-
fstage of his new (Areal
ifinS geda---well, bat is different." ,
trne.lo tieorge-"So you ,thattk Mr.
Caxton is a. literary man?" Carrie -
"011, Fro sure 01 11, When,,he wantsto
find anyelang in ce Ironic he wester; half
litstir leunieng for it learnt% he thinks
to look at the index,"
"Yes," 11e Maid thatighlifally, "1 ad -
mat, that 011885 been leading a pretty
ea,st Info, one everyone mune be agree
thee I ought te referee litre tete fact
14 <10In'i. knees, 'wiled, I ought to do
"011011, to eLo (tree!" they DM
meed, eatonielemone• "Why, 71111.
ought. to reittle /town, ante--" '"I'latter;
ithet the questiwn, 11(s infer r up tx.(1..
"'Ough,f. to settle down or settle utr
first, t"
' 6 t 1(?.g 3 temeit reorganivation ea err epee), re
ing place. The dire furnishoe it meta
absorb11 110481 to Morale% ate waenneh,
an.d (mem ME the hostile blue and vio-
let rays.
HOW '310 REACII THE BEST,
The way to get the best there fe
people is to give them your best, Don't
expeet others to be sweet anvl petite
tout thoughtful so long Ha you adhere
ics the selfish prinel le 111115.1.a le
must "take you 413 they feta you,"
When your friends begin to grow tura-
p on
SURVIVAL 011 TI.1* FITTEST.
Browns -She got a ug end her hus-
band got e, bulldog.
Towne -Then they bay° eWo dogs
now.
Browne -No; on.13. orM.
A GOOD IthIC0M.13/1101DATI0N.
Mother -Do you. think. Mr. Harvey la
a nice you'll man? •
less and rIlstespezi,u., stop and ask ne.ittriee-/,iny, 7e.1. reareetee. Flee
yourself -whether yOu aro 1)01: getting been ealga,gail 180111 fe trigl °Wel lOati girls
back a reflection oi yourself, fti i"he othY,
•